Targeted plasmid integration into the human genome by an engineered zinc-finger recombinase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7868-7878

  Gersbach, Charles A ^a,b,c   Gaj, Thomas ^a,b   Gordley, Russell M ^a,b   Mercer, Andrew C ^a,b   Barbas, Carlos F ^a,b  

^a Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RECOMBINASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGGYBAC GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINASES; TRANSPOSASES; ZINC FINGERS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053218380     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr421     Document Type: Article

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